As well as the records we hold, we must also protect the environment and the institutions that sustain them. This research theme captures:
- Our ambition to measure and reduce the environmental impact of our practice and of our physical and digital estate;
- And to use the untold wealth of geographical, environmental, ecological and geospatial information within our collection to inform the future through understanding the past.
Our priorities are:
- How do we realise our collection’s potential to shape geographical, environmental and ecological histories, to inform a sustainable future?
- How can we measure and mitigate the environmental impact of our digital estate?
- How can we adapt our estate, practice and standards, to safeguard our collections in the most environmentally responsible way?
- How can we facilitate opportunities for future research, supporting the development of researchers at all career stages and cultivating an inclusive research culture across our organisation and our partnerships?
- Physical infrastructure: the state-of-the-art spaces, laboratories and repositories needed for the development, delivery and dissemination of cutting-edge research and scholarship.
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